Billiard-cue.



H. C. WINEBRENNER.

BILLIARD CUE APPLICATION F|LED OCT. 14, 1915.

Patented Mar. 28, 191 6.

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[HE COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH CI).I WASHINGTON, D- C.

HENRY G. WINEBRENNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IBILLIARD-CUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1915. Serial No. 55,758.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. WINEBREN- NER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and resident of Baltimore, Maryland, have inventedcertain Improvements in Billiard-Cues. of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improved mean for securing the tip to thehandle of a cue, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows,reference is made to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof,and in which Figure l is an exterior side view of the end of a billiardcue provided with my invention, and Fig. 2 a central longitudinalsection of the same without the handle. Fig. 3 is an exterior side Viewof the tip and certain of the fastening devices. The handle of the cueis shown in broken lines.

Referring now to the drawing, 1 represents the handle ofthe cue, and 2the tip which as usual in cues, is formed of some slightly compressiblematerial, such for instance as leather.

3 is a ferrule, the head a of which is made considerably thicker thanits cylindrical wall, and provided with a central threaded hole I).

face of the plate, a pocket e in which is inserted the tip 2. Thefastening of the tip in the pocket e is effected by closing the edge ofthe flange d upon the compressible tip 2 as shown in the drawing.

I claim as my invention:

In combination with the handle of a bilhard one and its compressibletip, means to connect them which consists of a ferrule for the handlehaving a head with a central threaded hole therein, a circular platewith a cylindrical threaded pin adapted to be Patented Mar. 28, 1916. i

screwed into the said hole and having an annular flange the edge ofwhich is crimped inward to grasp the tip and form a circular indentationtherein and thereby hold the tip closely in contact with the saidcircular plate.

HENRY C. WINEBRENNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

